What to do when the nails on the arms and legs are exfoliated and broken?

No one can say exactly what to do if the nails exfoliate and break, the doctor prescribes the treatment. It is determined by the diagnosis established by the results of research, and should affect not only the nail plates themselves, but also the entire body in order to eradicate the immediate cause of the violation.

What medications can advise the doctor?

• The tactics of treatment in case of a shortage of vitamins in the body, macro and microelements is reduced to the replenishment of the necessary substances, amino acids. To correct the balance, it is necessary to make qualitative changes in the diet, and if necessary, take special multivitamin complexes with the course.
• The tactics of treatment for systemic disorders in the body is determined depending on which organ or system is affected. For example, often the nails exfoliate and break after a long course of antibiotic therapy, as well as in diseases of the liver, pancreas or thyroid gland. Thus, the treatment is prescribed in accordance with the original pathology. In this case, the necessary drugs should be taken simultaneously with changes in the diet.
• If the nails began to exfoliate and break due to the aggressive influence of chemicals and cleansers, special attention should be paid to preventive measures: wearing protective gloves to prevent direct contact of skin and nails with chemical agents and water. If you ignore this rule, then any treatment will not bring the expected positive result.
• If the problem with the nails has arisen due to a faulty manicure technology, then the best way of treatment is to change the master to a more qualified specialist. If you have previously done a manicure yourself, then it makes sense to change the tools to better ones, or to visit a nail salon for such a procedure. To improve the condition of the nails, you can try alternative methods, which we describe below.

How to strengthen the nails, if they exfoliate and break?

Depending on the root cause of fragility and stratification of nails, the doctor may prescribe the following medications:

	Dosage and administration	Adverse events	Special instructions
Levomekol	The ointment is rubbed into the nails and the nearby skin in the morning and evening for 4 days.	Rarely - allergies, itching, dermatitis.	Antibacterial and immunostimulating agent. It is not recommended to apply more than 5-7 days.
Castor oil	Rubbed into brittle nails daily at night, until the plate is fully restored.	Extremely rare - an allergic reaction.	Oil softens, nourishes, heals, strengthens tissues. Externally can be applied at any age.
Ekzoderil	Apply directly to the nail plate twice a day. Before applying, their surface must be cleaned and treated with an antiseptic.	Extremely rare - dry skin, local irritation.	Ointment effectively fights dermatomycosis, onychomycosis, candidiasis, which can cause brittle and exfoliating nails.
Solcoseryl	Ointment or jelly rubbed into the affected nail plate in the morning and evening. The duration of treatment is determined by the positive dynamics of recovery.	Rarely - a slight burning sensation of the skin in the area of application.	A means of improving local metabolic processes, accelerating tissue repair.
Geliomycin	The ointment is applied to damaged areas twice a day for a week or more.	Extremely rare - an allergic reaction.	Heliomycin has antibacterial and antiviral effects, low toxicity.

Recommended vitamins and complex preparations:

Vitrum Beauty	Tablets are taken whole, after meals, one piece three times a day.
Ladys Formula	Drink one capsule twice a day with food. The course is not less than a month.
Doppelgerts asset	You can take orally from the age of 14, one tablet per day, after meals. The optimal course duration is 1 month.
Aevit	The contents of the capsule are applied to the nail plate daily, before bedtime. The duration of treatment is at least two weeks. At the same time you can take the drug inside (one capsule daily, with food).
Compliments shine	Take one tablet for breakfast for four weeks.
Perfectil plus	The complex preparation consists of a course of tablets and capsules. Take one tablet and one capsule per day, with food. Treatment should continue for one month.

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Physiotherapy

Doctors do not often connect physiotherapy to eliminate delamination and brittle nails. However, there are several methods that allow for a relatively short time to restore the nail plate and return them to a healthy look.

• Paraffin therapy.

Special paraffin baths or baths exhibit a long lasting visible effect. The procedure itself takes no more than thirty minutes. The course of paraffin therapy includes 5-10 sessions, depending on the neglect of the problem.

• Sealing nail plates.

A relatively new procedure for sealing is to apply special substances or masses to the damaged plates, which ensure the saturation of the nail tissues with the necessary useful components. As such a mass can be used a mixture of wax and copper, mineral oil, biogel, wax with mineral oil. As a rule, treatment using such procedures is carried out for a month.

• Massage treatments.

Massage can be carried out both in a special room and at home. It is desirable to additionally use firming oils, nourishing creams, which are rubbed into the nail plate and accelerate recovery.

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Home treatment

If the nails exfoliate and break due to a lack of calcium in the body, the following recipe will help to correct the situation: they collect the eggshell from the eggs, wash it and dry it properly. Then finely crumble and roasted for 10 minutes in an oven (or in a dry frying pan, with constant stirring). After that, the shell is ground in a coffee grinder or mortar to a state of powder, poured into a container with a tight-fitting lid. The tool is stored in the refrigerator, consuming it one teaspoon for a couple of weeks.

In addition, you should diversify your diet with healthy foods. For example, few people know that calcium is not only present in dairy products. A huge amount of it is in the greens: dill, mint leaves and celery, parsley. Calcium-rich and other foods:

• cumin and fennel seeds, tarragon, thyme;
• poppy and sesame seeds, flax seeds, sunflower;
• walnut, hazelnut, almond;
• soy, tofu;
• seaweed.

For better absorption of calcium, it is necessary to walk more often in the open air, preferably in sunny weather, to play active games, to harden.

Alternative treatment

Alternative recipes help get rid of many health problems. Not an exception is the situation when the nails exfoliate and break, their appearance deteriorates. There are many methods for solving this problem, and each of them is effective in its own way:

• Taking warm baths with olive oil really works wonders. You can add oil to warm water and hold your hands in it for 10-15 minutes, or you can simply steam out your nails in warm (not hot!) Water, and then rub a little olive oil into the plates. Procedures are repeated daily (preferably overnight) for 14 days.
• Rubbing lemon juice into the nails, which break down and exfoliate, as well as wiping them with lemon peel allow you to saturate the fabric with all the necessary nutrients. The effectiveness of the procedure is due to the presence in the peel of essential oils, vitamins. After 1-2 weeks the nails will become strong, and the problem of fragility will disappear.
• The use of iodine for application to damaged nail plates is a fairly common way to strengthen them. Iodine smears the nail in the evening, so that in the morning the product is absorbed and does not leave an unpleasant yellow mark. Experts say that sometimes 5-6 procedures are enough to stop nails from breaking and exfoliating.
• Massage with the use of sea salt helps to forget about brittle nails for a long time. Take large sea salt and rubbed it into wet nail plates and the area around them. The massage should last about 10 minutes, daily, for 1-2 weeks. After the procedure, the hands are rinsed with warm water and a nourishing cream is applied.

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Herbal medicine

As an alternative help to nails that are exfoliated and broken, can come treatment with medicinal plants. If you follow all the nuances of the formulation, then you can restore the nail plate with such means within 10-15 days.

• Tree aloe sap is applied to cleanly washed and dried nails, protective gloves are put on top, and kept for 1-2 hours. Then wash your hands with warm water. Repeat daily.
• Chamomile tea is brewed (approximately 1 tsp. Of a dry, shredded plant per 200 ml of boiling water), 1 tsp. Is added. Soda and as much sea salt. Keep fingers in a warm solution for half an hour. The procedure is repeated daily.
• Grind the burdock and plantain stalks (any number) in a meat grinder, add a little honey and turmeric. Immerse the fingers in the resulting mass and incubated for 15-20 minutes, after which they wash their hands in warm water (without detergent). The procedure is best carried out at night. Every day you need to prepare a fresh tool.
• Chop one medium clove of garlic, mixed with 1 tsp. Olive oil and 50 ml of milk. Maintain nails in the resulting mixture for 20 minutes, preferably - before bedtime. At the same time, it is recommended to gently massage the nails: this will allow the beneficial substances to penetrate the tissues faster.

Homeopathy

When the nails exfoliate and break, the homeopathic remedies such as Conium 3, Tui 3X (taken three times a day, the dosage is specified individually by a homeopathic doctor) are most active.

In addition, you can advise other drugs homeopathy:

• Silicon 30-6-3
• Graphite 6-3
• Fluoricum acidide 6-12
• Causticum 3

Good effect gives the alternation of drugs Conium 3 and Tui 3X.

These funds are well perceived by patients. There are practically no side effects, with the exception of isolated cases when allergic reactions to a particular drug have developed.

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